Thursday, June 30, 2011

In a significant step backwards for women's football in its quest for equality alongside the men, FC Rossiyanka from Krasnoarmeysk near Moscow have made the pledge after seeing gate receipts continue to tumble this season. Despite first impressions, the club appear to be a serious outfit.Founded in 1990, FC Rossiyanka have won the Russian Women's Premier League three times, in 2005, 2006 and 2010, and qualified for the recently established Women's Champions League twice - both times reaching the last-16. But Coach Tatyana Egorova says that, despite their success, they are still under-rated - and hopes the publicity stunt will help money matters off the field. 'We are the best woman's team in Russia and have won many championships, even representing our country in the Uefa Champions League,' Egorova explained.

'But few people have ever heard of us and we don't get many people coming to games so we've decided to give our profile a boost by appearing in bikinis.

After the 29-year-old visited partner Freddie’s family, she received an email from Mrs Bourne complaining her behaviour was ‘staggering’ in its ‘lack of grace’ and advised her to attend a finishing school for help.So far, so bad. But Ms Withers then forwarded the message to friends – and soon the attack went viral. In the furious email – subject: Your lack of manners – personal assistant Miss Withers’ ‘uncouthness’ on the April visit to Devon was raised. Her fussy eating habits, poor table manners and tactless jokes about her host combined to make her ‘an ideal candidate for the Ladette To Lady television series’, thundered 60-year-old Mrs Bourne.

‘It’s high time someone explained to you about good manners,’ added the renowned flower breeder. Miss Withers’ wedding plans also came in for a trashing. ‘No one gets married in a castle unless they own it,’ sneered Mrs Bourne. ‘It is brash, celebrity-style behaviour.’

Why-U.S. woman banned from Walmart

An Idaho woman says she's been banned for life from not one, but all Walmart stores in the U.S., after an argument over coupons. April Cuervas told her local TV station that she was banned earlier this month after asking a store manager to explain the changes in the company's ad match guarantee, which allows customers to get lower prices at Walmart by providing proof of a better deal at a competitor store.

Cuervas said she decided to record the exchange on her iPhone.

The interaction quickly became heated, she told KTRV Fox 12, and the manager slapped her hand away and told her to pay full price for her groceries or leave.

The situation deteriorated, and Cuervas's 16-year-old daughter noticed a plainclothes store employee was following them.

Cuervas left the store and called police, she told the station. That's when she discovered the ban.

Surprise-Woman learns of pregnancy moments before birth

A British woman gave birth to a baby boy only moments after she was told she was actually nine months pregnant -- she had thought that her labour pains were menstrual cramps. Sarah Ireland, 23, told the Daily Mail newspaper that she actually dropped a dress size during the pregnancy she was unaware of, and didn't miss a day of work.Her son, Stanley Joseph, was born two weeks late.

"I had been at work all day and went to bed at 8:30 but just could not get comfortable," she told the newspaper. "I assumed I had monthly pains so I took some paracetamol and got a hot water bottle. But it wasn't improving." Ireland woke up her mother, who ran her a bath. It was another two hours before they called an ambulance.

Wow-Man has big package ... of coke

PETERBOROUGH, Ont. - Is that a quarter kilo of coke in your pants or are you just happy to see me? Police in this central Ontario city arrested a 32-year-old Montreal man at a Greyhound Bus station Wednesday night after they found he was carrying 231 grams of cocaine in his underwear.

The fist-sized package was discovered after an ongoing investigation, said the local cops.Police said they also found 173.5 grams of crack cocaine, 57.8 grams of cocaine, 5.6 grams of marijuana and about $70 in cash elsewhere on the man with the big package.The value of the drugs is estimated at $23,060.

Whooo-$100 million savings receipt left in ATM (video)

Maybe he's so rich, he thinks $100 million is chump change. Wall Street tabloid Dealbreaker reported that a hedge-fund manager left his receipt at an ATM in the New York resort village of East Hampton after paying $2.75 to withdraw $400 from an account with a $100 million balance.

Interest on a savings account is less than one percent, meaning that the account holder is making virtually nothing on his pot of $100 million. He could get at least 3 percent in a Treasury account.

The Capital One Bank ATM receipt was given to Dealbreaker by a Wall Street executive, the New York Post reported, though it's not entirely clear why the executive did so.

Why-Woman charged after kissing preacher at gay pride event

RALEIGH, N.C. — A Bible-waving preacher protesting at a gay pride event in North Carolina turned the other cheek — and got kissed on it by a 74-year-old female gay rights supporter who is now charged with simple assault. Joan Parker admits she kissed a preacher on the cheek at the event, proclaimed by the Salisbury mayor as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Day.

"He was just waving his arms and has a Bible in one hand, up and down, and screaming at the top of his lungs, 'sodomites' and 'you're going to hell,'" Parker said in a phone interview. "I thought he needed a hug. So I gave him a hug."

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

JUST weeks after a Chinese teen sold his kidney to buy an iPad ; another is reportedly offering her virginity in exchange for an iPhone 4.

Citing BizNewsChina, the Korean Herald reports that a female jiulinghou (the Chinese word for Generation Z), tweeted on Weibo (the Chinese version of Twitter) that it was her “dream to own a iPhone4 but her father won’t let her get one”.The girl then apparently decided to sleep with someone in exchange for the popular smartphone.The news site reported that the Guangdong teen had posted a picture of herself, along with other basic personal information, saying she was willing to “sell” her virginity to anyone that bought her an iPhone 4.

There was negative reaction to her post, ranging from comments that her drastic step wasn't worth it, to speculation someone had hijacked her account and the scheme was fake. In April, a 17-year-old Chinese youth funded an iPad 2 by selling one of his kidneys online.

Funny-Video catches Russian president in driving gaffe

MOSCOW - Memo to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev: next time you plunge into a crowd, don’t forget to park your car first.

Medvedev took his “Forward, Russia!” motto a bit too far in an incident captured on video, stepping from the driver’s seat of an SUV and then frantically trying to hold the vehicle back as it kept moving toward a group of people waiting to greet him.

Burly bodyguards swiftly came to his aid and managed to stop the car, a big black Mercedes, before it bore down on the gasping crowd on Saturday in Kazan, a city 720 km (450 miles) east of Moscow.

Forgetful -Cop leaves rifle on trunk of car

SEATTLE — The Seattle Police Department is apologizing for an assault rifle left unattended on the back of a patrol car Monday night, and has launched an investigation into the matter. First published by The Stranger, Nick Gonzales snapped a picture last night of the menacing-looking rifle on the trunk of a Seattle Police car. It was around 9 p.m. and the car was parked outside the Roosevelt Hotel, near Pine and
7th Avenue, with no police officers in sight, said Gonzales. In addition, after an officer got back into the patrol car, it was driven away with the rifle still on the trunk. A woman also saw the rifle and followed the car to try to get the officer's attention.

How-Drunk man found in neighbor’s garage

WAUSAU, Wis (WSAU) Wausau police are reporting an unusual arrest. A woman on
Cherry Street said she heard someone go into her garage around 10:30 Monday night, and called police. Her dog barked at the intruder, and the garage side-door was left open. The woman said she saw someone in the garage through an outer window.Police arrived and found a drunk, naked neighbor in the garage. Police say the man had defecated on the garage floor.47-year-old Thomas O’Neil had a blood-alcohol level of .37, more than four times the legal limit for driving. He told police that he thought he was at his home. He was taken to Wausau-AspirusHospital for observation, and was then transferred to the Marahton County Jail on charges of disorderly conduct, criminal damage to property, and obstructing an officer.

The unassuming lady was attempting to make her exit from the No.137 bus at her stop in the early afternoon when the obviously impatient driver shut the doors just as she poked her head out. As the doors closed around her neck, leaving her body inside the bus and her head outside, her fellow passengers shouted at the driver to open them, which he then did.Once released, the woman climbed off the bus and quickly walked away, rubbing her neck without complaining.

Why-DVLA orders removal of 'naughty number plate' BO11 LUX

A DRIVER bought the cheeky car registration plate “BO11 LUX” from the DVLA – but they have now ordered him to remove it.

Alan Clarke, 49, paid £399 for the plate via the Government agency’s website and put it on his Range Rover. But six weeks later he got a letter from the DVLA demanding its removal – as it was “causing offence”. The company director has been told he could face a fine of up to £1,000. But Alan, from Chesterfield, said: “I’m not backing down. It’s my plate and I’m not taking it off. They said it was causing offence and I had to remove it, and they are threatening to criminalise me. “But they are a Government agency and put the plate on their own website. I saw it there and thought it would be fun to put it on my new car. Everyone laughs when they see it. They sent me a normal plate to put on but I sent it back. They’ve still got similar plates on the site.”

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

The Green Man Pub in Wellington offers the 30ml shots for a princely sum of £12 - and apparently it's going down a treat with regulars.The gastro-pub serves the drink chilled fresh from a Christchurch stallion farm and each shot contains about 300 million individual horse sperm cells.Green Man pub co-owner Steven Drummond is to blame for the grimace-inducing drink, which he explained is knocked back by both male and female customers.He advises his customers to shoot the sticky horse semen back in one gulp rather than attempt to sip the bizarre concoction.He came up with the idea when trying to invent a new drink to spice-up a local food challenge.

Good-Woman bites off attacker’s tongue

STAMFORD, Conn. — A woman fought off a sexual assault by biting off part of her attacker’s tongue, police said, and a suspect was hospitalized. The attempted attack happened in an alley off
Atlantic Avenue near a Roman Catholic church in Stamford around 10 p.m. Thursday, the Stamford Advocate reported. The attacker grabbed the woman and forced his tongue into her mouth after she had left the church.

The woman fought back by biting the man, lopping off about an inch of his tongue.

“It was a substantial piece of his tongue," Sgt. Paul Guzda told the Advocate.

The man fled, but the police recovered a chunk of tongue at the scene.

Why-The world's grumpiest cat

In quite possibly the best cat picture we've ever seen, Mister Pip's bad mood is clear for all to see - and his basket, featuring a bold 'Do Not Disturb' sign over his head - sets off his expression perfectly.The Persian Burmese, who was snapped looking glum as glum can be by his owner Rose Oughten from Kings Lynn in Norfolk, is clearly having a pretty bad day.Has an army of mice stolen his scratching pole? One of the kids next door thieved his box of cat nip and left a taunting ransom note? Or is a life of eating, sleeping, and padding around aimlessly just getting too much for him?

Sex toy rowdiness to be targeted by Newquay police

Inflatable sex toys and T-shirts with obscene images have become such a problem in one resort that police have promised a crackdown. Officers plan to confiscate any offensive items after the town earned a reputation as the UK’s party capital.Residents are worried that the behaviour of drunken revellers is forcing families away from the town centre of Newquay in Cornwall. Dave Sleeman, of the residents’ association, said: “I saw a guy naked, hanging out of a window, waving a sex toy and shouting at women. It was 10am on a Saturday.”Insp Ian Drummond-Smith said: “People come to have a good time. The majority don’t want to see these things.“This will be the first time we have done this and we intend to store the items until the end of the summer.”